Atlanta Scout Guide, Vol. 2!

Thrilled to be featured as one of the many amazing businesses in Atlanta's second issue of The Scout Guide. The newest and most innovative way to navigate your way around Atlanta features some of our favorite spots (and people)! Come pick up a free issue at the Gallery today! 

Gregg Irby with her daughter, Sarah Quinn Irby, in the Gallery, the Atlanta Scout Guide team, and the new issue in beautiful burgundy! 

Christina Baker, mini on paper, "Touch of Blush" 11" by 14" $175

Erin Gregory, "Birthday IV" 48x60 $2300

Thanks for reading everyone! Until next time. 

- the GIFA girls

Eileen Power in Atlanta Magazine!

Eileen Power in Atlanta Magazine! Atlanta Magazine's April issue featured the amazing Sarah Fishburne of Home Depot. When asked about where she finds her art...   Local artists: "I buy all emerging artists. I love Michelle Armas, Eileen Power, Casey Matthews-she's down at Fernandina Beach but shows here. Gregg Irby gallery is where I buy my art."    Sarah Fishburne in Atlanta Magazine along with an image of Eileen Power's "Windmill." Top left: Eileen Power's "Secure Your Vessel"  48" by 48" at Gregg Irby Fine Art in Atlanta, Ga.  More paintings from Sarah's favorites...   Michelle Armas, "Crazy Stone" 48" by 48" $1800    Casey Mathews, "The Eye in the Sky" and "Certifiable"  30" by 40" each, $1545 each Thanks for reading!! - The GIFA Girls :)  For more original art by these artists, please visit www.greggirbyfineart.com

Michelle Armas in House Beautiful!

House Beautiful's new May 2014 issue features an amazing Michelle Armas abstract in the beautifully decorated NYC apartment designed by Lilly Bunn Interiors. The colorful abstract hanging above the bed is similar to many other pieces we have in the gallery today. So proud of Michelle and her success! 

Michelle Armas, "After Thought", 48" by 48" $1800

Designer Spotlight: Leigh Mowry of Olive Interiors!

Working in the Art Gallery world has its major perks. We get to work with designers! It's always amazing to us how they take a vision and turn it into a tangible space. We are happy to serve as a stepping stone to their completed visions as it constantly inspires us and our artists! 

Living room designed by Leigh Mowry and photographed by Emily Followill. Check out her website, here!

Photo of Leigh photographed by Emily Followill. Check out her website, here!

One designer who holds a special place in our hearts is the ever-so talented, Leigh Mowry of Olive Interiors in Atlanta, Georgia. She has an eye for color that has made her a sought after visionary for both large and small jobs. We love seeing how she pairs fabrics, paint colors, shapes and sizes with our art. It's always something so intriguing, full of body but with just the right amount of space that your eye isn't darting all over the place! Spunky yet humble her work is enviable and awe inspiring. We love to see what she's working on next, and most of all we just love when she visits! 

Thanks to Leigh and Olive Interiors for always placing our art in the perfect home!

For more information on Leigh and Olive Interiors, check out her website:Olive Interiors!

Erin McIntosh, watercolor on paper available at Gregg Irby Fine Art

Olive Interiors Designs, Office Space, featured painting by Erin McIntosh and photographed by Emily Followill! Check out Emily's website, here!

Erin McIntosh watercolor on paper, available at Gregg Irby Fine Art

Olive Interiors Designs, living space. Featured painting by Ritva Porter and photgraphed by Emily Followill.

Ritva Porter originals available at Gregg Irvy Fine Art

Thanks to everyone for following us! 

- the GIFA girls

Best Local Artist 2014: Britt Bass Turner!

Modern Luxury's JEZEBEL Magazine has named Britt Bass Turner Best Local Artist of 2014! GIFA is proud to announce our newest featured artist,  Britt Bass Turner, has been awarded  Atlanta's Best Local Artist of 2014 by JEZEBEL Magazine at this week's Best of Atlanta Awards! Britt Bass Turner "Las Rocas 1"  30 x 30, $650      Britt looking beautiful at the Best of Atlanta Awards  hosted by JEZEBEL Magazine!  Britt Bass Turner "Strawberries"   24 x 36, $650 For more original artwork by Britt Bass Turner, browse our website:  www.greggirbyfineart.com Thanks for reading, as always! And don't forget to contact us if you see something you like!  -the GIFA girls

The House Account App!

Erin McIntosh, "L'uccellino" $180
12"x12" acrylic on paper

House Account...yet another technological invention we wish our minds were creative enough to have dreamed up. This unique App (easily accessible on any Smart Phone, Tablet or IPad) allows you to "follow" your favorite stores locally or nationally and see what's going on in the store on a daily basis. The stores (us included) post images of brand new products/popular items for sale in an intimate way, allowing you to see its authenticity without filters or image altering. It's like being in the store but you are really sitting in carpool, a doctor's office, sports practice, or on the couch in your p.j.s with coffee! (You wish.)

Erin Gregory, "Morning Sunshine 3"
48"x 48" on gallery wrap, $2,000

We've decided to hop on this brilliant band-wagon and will be sharing with you paintings that come in daily including the artists, sizes, and prices + great deals and upcoming events. Aaand just when you thought it couldn't get any easier...chat rooms! You see a piece you like? Message us and we will hold it until you can get out of carpool line, or until you finish your coffee :).

Download the House Account App HERE and start following Gregg Irby Fine Art, today!

Shopping all your local spots minus traffic or 
having to put make-up on? Um...that's a no-brainer. 

Happy shopping, art lovers! 

- the GIFA gals

Britt Bass Turner "Las Rocas 3"
20"x20" on gallery wrap, $300

In the Brain of Nancy B...

We've been looking forward to this one for a while. Nancy B. Westfall has gifted us with another perfectly chaotic body of work that we can't help but adore/giggle every time we see them! We decided we'd pick her brain to understand exactly how she conjures up these colorful masterpieces that every woman needs in her home! Enjoy...we sure did :)

Q&A with Nancy B. 

GIFA artist Nancy B. Westfall 

What is inspiring your work most at the moment? 

My work always seems to be half journal-in-paint and half humor (or whatever is visually intriguing me at the moment!). I recently went to see an amazing clairvoyant and through her my grandmother told me to enjoy my work and not worry about what sells—so that's what I'm doing.

At what time of day do you feel the most inspired, and why? 

5pm or later...not sure why? I used to think you had to be inspired to paint well but I can get inspired with good music played really loudly—my kids love to laugh at me dancing. (Which is weird because I'm pretty good for a carpool mom.)

If there is one place in the world you could sit and work, where would it be?  

My new studio. I love it so much. I listen to books on tape and paint and there is even a shelf (catwalk?) for Otto and Oscar to hang out with me.

What's your favorite room in your house?

The den because it's the smallest coziest room in our house and my husband is from New Jersey so he builds great fires!

What are you reading, watching, and/or listening to at the moment?

I'm re-reading Many Lives Many Masters (because of my encounter with Gran); "Breaking Bad" is my downtime and my music tastes are all over the place.

If we opened your purse, what would we find inside? 

If you opened it on a deserted island and all you had were the contents of my purse you could easily survive for two months on gum and tic-tacs alone. You would also find lots of Chick-fil-A receipts, too many lip balms and lip glosses (and trash). 

So, you're on the red carpet… What are you wearing?

I wake up on my couch wearing popcorn stuck to my face. 

Real answer: All black—I'm 43 and I'm not a moron. :-)

You have a free day…. What are you doing?

My dream free day would be to get a personal organizer to help me clean out my desk and my junk drawer, and all of the closets in my house…but it will never happen.

What comes first—text or image?

I'm a visual person so always an image and the text doesn't necessarily come after. It always makes me laugh when galleries or publications want artists to make a statement, and I understand why they want it but I feel like saying "Um...that's what I just did with paint?" They don't ask writers to express the meaning of their book in a small watercolor.

And what IS a High Peach?

My grandmother always told all the girls to be the "high peach" as opposed to the 'low hanging fruit' (that I NEVER was. NEVER.).

*Extra credit*

Send us an image of one of your favorite paintings! 

Oliver Jeffers

Without a Doubt Part 2
2012
Oil on canvas dipped in enamel
28” x 22”   

Oliver is a friend of my brother-in-law's and he is a genius. I love his sense of humor. His children's books are amazing; his most recent about crayons is my favorite.

Thanks for reading everyone! We couldn't be happier to share some small bit of insight into what makes Nancy B so special to us and the Gallery! Until next time...

- the GIFA girls